2021-11-20
The Atlantic
A writer created a politically bland Facebook profile to test the app's algorithm for extreme content, and ended up being shown low-quality, clickbait posts
In 2019, a researcher at Facebook conducted an experiment to see whether the platform really has a tendency to send users … Tweets: @golikehellmachi , @joshtpm , @jbouie , @mckaycoppins , @jaywillis ,...
2019-04-24
Slate
How a group of black women outed Twitter trolls masquerading as women of color in 2014, in what may have been a dry run for the 2016 misinformation campaign
Before Gamergate, before the 2016 election, they launched a campaign against Twitter trolls masquerading as women of color. Tweets: @cjane87 , @jamilsmith , @wesleylowery , @mckaycoppins , @yair_rosen...
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